Plucky Music Teacher Book Club Schedule 2016

This post was originally published by McKenzie Clawson on the Plucky Violin Teacher Blog on December 18, 2015 so links and resources may not be current.

Okay, folks. This book club is going to have to continue for several years because it was way too hard to just pick 12 books for 2016. I tried to do a mix of some books aimed at the psychology of children, some books aimed at the nitty gritty of making money as a music teacher, and hopefully the majority about how to actually teach well. Hopefully it is also a fair mix of books you are familiar with and some that are new to you. If you have already read one of these books, I encourage you to join the discussion anyway. I, for one, am looking forward to learning from the many incredible teachers that have joined the book club.

Throughout each month, Brecklyn and I will post discussion questions on Facebook. I hope that we can have an ongoing discussion about what we’re learning (both what you are going to use in your studio, and the ideas you want to throw in the garbage.) At the end of the month, I will summarize the ideas into one blog post that you can easily go back to and get a “refresher course” on that book.

Ready. Set. Read.
–McKenzie Clawson

January

The Savvy Music Teacher: Blueprint for Maximizing Income & Impact by David Cutler

February

Nurtured by Love by Shinichi Suzuki

March

How Children Learn by John Holt

April

Making Money Teaching Music by David R. Newsam and Barbara Sprague Newsam
May

Teaching from the Balance Point by Edward Kreitman

June

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

July

The Dynamic Studio by Phillip Johnston

August

How Muscles Learn: Teaching the Violin with the Body in Mind by Susan Kempter

September

The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

October

Helping Parents Practice by Edmund Sprunger

November

Playing (Less) Hurt by Janet Horvath

December

Music and the Mind by Anthony Storr